Google expresses its intention to enable better interoperability for messaging applications, particularly on the subject of end-to-end encryption.
Google continues its momentum and is part of a line that aims to make improvements to its messaging, in terms of security and confidentiality. The web giant reveals its intentions regarding its next updates and takes advantage of new regulations that will force Apple to offer iMessage a notion of interoperability and therefore, to open up its ecosystem. The biggest competitor of Tim Cook, would have chosen to tackle the subject of support for cross-platform end-to-end encryption and unify messaging security standards.
End-to-end encryption with other applications
The Google Messages application, which already supports the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol, seems to be part of an interoperability logic regarding this type of functionality within messaging apps. As announced by the Mountain View company in a recent post published on its blog, users wishing to use end-to-end encryption in their conversations are confined to using the same application.
Google intends to remedy the problem by introducing the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol in its application. MLS was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a non-profit organization founded in 1986. Its function is to develop Internet standards in order to apply a certain standardization for the operation of software between them. It is attributed, for example, the TCP/IP protocol, a standard that allows devices connected to the Internet to communicate on the network.
Regarding the MLS protocol, it allows end-to-end encryption between third-party applications. In this sense, a user of Google Messages will be able to communicate with an individual using another messaging application, while maintaining the same security and privacy settings.
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